Career Paths In Chemistry
May 14, 2016 9am-2:30pm Sacramento City College Lillard Hall Room 101 Coffee, bagels, and light lunch provided Please RSVP to Bill Miller Did you ever wonder what it’s like to work as a chemist for Intel? As a professor? For the U.S. Geological Survey? What’s it take to get to one of these positions? What kinds of work do they do? On May 14th at 9am at Sacramento City College, four chemists will talk about their...
1st Annual UCD Career Fair In Chemistry
1ST ANNUAL UCD CAREER FAIR in CHEMISTRY Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Student Community Center, Multi-Purpose Room The Ambassadors of Mathematical & Physical Sciences would like to invite you to attend the 1st Annual Career Fair in Chemistry. This half-day event will be composed of a panel discussion with representatives from chemical companies and governmental organizations followed by individual or small...
ACS Sacramento Events List
Date Event Time Location 8/2/17 Agilent Lunch and Learn 10am-2pm Sacramento 8/20-8/24/16 ACS Fall National Meeting All day Washington, D.C. 8/27/17 Executive Committee Meeting 7-8:30pm SCC Lillard 204 9/30/17 Flavors of Chemistry 2-6pm UC Davis ARC 10/22-28/17 National Chemistry Week All Day Everywhere 4/2-6/17 ACS Spring National Meeting All day New Orleans For more information about any of these events, please click on the...
R. Bryan Miller Symposium 2016 Photo Gallery
Photos courtesy of John Berg, ACS Sacramento Section Councilor
ACS Sacramento Sponsored Event: Sacramento Section ACS 67th Annual Meeting and Steak Barbecue
ACS Sacramento Section is proud to once again help sponsor the ACS Sacramento Section 67th Annual Meeting and Steak Barbecue. The meeting and barbeque will occur on April 30th, 2016 at the University of the Pacific. Professor Tami Spector from the University of San Francisco will be the speaker. Title: Chemistry and Contemporary Visual Art Abstract: Modern and contemporary artists reveal material and conceptual aspects that are shared...
ACS Sacramento Sponsored Event: R. Bryan Miller Symposium
ACS Sacramento Section is proud to once again help sponsor the R. Bryan Miller Symposium. The Miller Symposium will occur on April 7th and 8th, 2016 at UC Davis. The list of speakers and their affiliations include: Plenary Speaker: Thomas Hoye, Merck Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Graduate Faculty Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota. THOMAS R. HOYE grew up in New Wilmington, PA. He attended Bucknell...
New Award for High School Teachers
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Sacramento Section is establishing a new award for high school teachers in our section (map). The award will be $500 in cash and $500 for chemistry supplies. Our Sacramento Section winner will then be nominated to enter any regional and national competitions for High School Chemistry Teachers. The application is due March 31, 2016. The application can be downloaded...
CRC Chem Club Keeps Active
Last semester, the CRC Chemistry Club was extremely busy. During the Club Activities Fair, we sold handmade chemistry-themed t-shirts and midterm survival kits in order to raise money for the club. The t-shirts were extremely popular and we were able to raise several hundred dollars for the Chemistry Club! Due to a spirit competition between clubs, a number of club members dressed up as mad scientists and impressed students with their...
Sherbow and Frias Attend ACS Leadership Institute
Toby Sherbow, UC Davis graduate student, and Janice Frias, scientist at Novozymes, Inc., had the great opportunity to attend the ACS Leadership Institute in Dallas, TX from January 22-24. As relatively new members to the executive committee (Treasurer Toby Sherbow and Alternate Councilor Janice Frias), the ACS Sacramento section wanted to give us the opportunity to be able to help lead our section to success by sponsoring our...
Just in Time for the Holidays: ACS Sacramento T-Shirts
Order By November 30th! Wondering what to get the chemist who has everything? How about an ACS Sacramento t-shirt! Show everyone your local pride as you head to the next Chem Cafe or wear it to work on causal Fridays. The t-shirts have our new logo emblazoned across the chest and come in two colors. Each shirt is only $15. Order your shirts by emailing Bill Miller with “ACS...
Student Travel Awards at WRM
The Sacramento Section of the American Chemical Society gave out two Student Travel Awards at the Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. The awards were voted on by the newly formed Awards Committee. In the Undergraduate category, David Ricci won for the presentation of his work “Development of an Analytical Method for Quantifying Chemical Tracers Associated with Livestock Activities”. He is a student...
Sacramento State Chemistry Club
The Sacramento State Chemistry Club is proud of our long tradition of community outreach. This outreach comes in many forms such as organizing hands-on chemistry activities and demonstrations both on campus and in the community, as well as hosting chemistry workshops for local elementary or middle school students. At the beginning of October, the Chemistry Club participated in the Expanding Your Horizons conference at Sacramento...
SCC Chemistry Club Events in October and November 2015
SCC Chemistry Club Events in October and November 2015 On November 13, 2015, the Sacramento City Chemistry Club hosted a Chemistry Club Social to welcome members of the Chemistry Club at Cosumnes River College to Sacramento City College. The event was held in one of the lecture rooms of Lillard Hall. Members from both Chemistry clubs were able to meet each other and get to know one other. Food and drinks were provided by the SCC...
Wine, Cheese, and Olive Oil at the Mondavi Center
“There is life after cheddar.” That was the working title of Prof. Moshe Rosenberg’s talk about the chemistry of cheese at “The Flavors of Chemistry” event September 12th at the Mondavi Center. Rosenberg, Prof. Andrew Waterhouse, and Dr. Selina Wang spoke about the chemistry of cheese, wine, and olive oil, respectively, at the event. Rosenberg, Professor and Specialist in Dairy Engineering and Technology...
Oct. 20 Lab Safety Seminar and ACS Outreach to UCD Undergraduates
The UC Davis Chemistry Department, in conjunction with ACS Fellow Debbie Decker, will present the ACS webinar, “Tales of Lab Safety: How to Avoid Rookie Accidents” at 4:00 pm. The webinar will be followed by a reception with food, games, prizes and the chance to meet local ACS members. “Tales of Lab Safety: How to Avoid Rookie Accidents” October 20, 4:00PM Chemistry Building Room 172 All are invited! There is a learning curve with...
Walking in the Woods with Chemistry: Talk, Tour, And Continuing Exhibit
Sunday, October 11 Walking in the Woods with Chemistry: Talk and Tour 1 p.m., Arboretum Gazebo, UC Davis campus (Rain location: 146 Environmental Horticulture) Have you ever wondered what makes up the flavor of your wine? Or how a plant can cure cancer? What the smell is in your perfume? Or how a tree defends itself? Join Chemistry Professor Dean Tantillo, Plant Biology professor Philipp Zerbe, and Chemistry Ph.D. candidate Nhu...
Student Travel Grant to the Western Regional Meeting
Deadline Extended to October 10, 2015 The Sacramento Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the second year of a travel grant to support undergraduate and graduate students presenting their work at national and regional meetings. One of last year’s winners was Hailey Hibbard was the undergraduate winner for 2014. She presented her work at the ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. ACS Sacramento Travel...
The Flavors of Chemistry at the Robert Mondavi Institute
Sponsored by the Sacramento, Santa Clara Valley, and California Sections of the American Chemical Society The Flavors of Chemistry: Tastes of Wine, Cheese, and Olive Oil September 12, 2015 1:30-6pm Robert Mondavi Institute University of California, Davis 392 Old Davis Road Davis, CA 95616 Cost: $30 General Admission / $20 Students (pay at the event, parking is free) Registration:...
ACS Western Regional Meeting: November 6-8, 2015
The Orange County Section of the American Chemical Society (OCACS) is pleased to announce that the 45th Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society will take place on the beautiful campus of California State University – San Marcos, which is located in North San Diego County, only a short drive from the City of San Diego, Riverside County, and Orange County. The meeting will feature presentations, poster sessions, an...
My Super-Commuting Life
by Handeep Kaur The thought of moving out of CA was hard to stomach. My husband had been moving up fast in his career with the state. I had spent most of my life comfortably in California surrounded by my family, friends, and accustomed surroundings. For years, I had been devoted to staying in the Sacramento-Bay area after I finished my Ph.D. in Chemistry from UC Davis. After all, I thought, life is about spending it with those near...